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A team of USGS researchers in Flagstaff are working to develop an all new geologic map of the Grand Canyon region.

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LiDAR, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of pulsed lasers ...

A new federal study claims Arkansas has enough lithium to meet at least nine times the projected 2030 global demand for the ...

In the mid-1800s, the U.S. Department of the Interior began the “great surveys” to map the vast, uncharted land of the West, ...

In an almost offhand digression Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump idly mentioned he was going to change the name of the ...

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President-elect Donald Trump suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico after the U.S. But can he really do that? Here's how place names are determined.

The Gulf of Mexico is seen from a beach in Sarasota, Fla., in January 2024. President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday, Jan. 7 ...